thou
English
/ðaʊ/, /ðaʊ/, /θaʊ/, /θaʊ/, /ðəʊ/, /ðoʊ/
pronoun
Definitions
- (archaic) .
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thou (you) inherited from Old English þū inherited from *þū inherited from Proto-Germanic *þū (thou, you) derived from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (you, thou).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*túh₂
Gloss
you, thou
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
君
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- T-form English
- see English
- sithee English
- thee English
- thouest English
- tutoy English
- tutoyer English
- tu Latin
- tē Latin
- tū Latin
- du German
- tu Italian
- du Dutch, Flemish
- tutoyeren Dutch, Flemish
- tu French
- tutoiement French
- tutoyer French
- ты Russian
- σεαυτοῦ Ancient Greek
- σύ Ancient Greek
- *téynos Proto-Indo-European
- *túh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- du Norwegian Bokmål
- *jūz Proto-Germanic
- *þū Proto-Germanic
- du Swedish
- dua Swedish
- du Norwegian Nynorsk
- þu Old English
- þū Old English
- त्वम् Sanskrit
- thou Middle English
- thouten Middle English
- towe Middle English
- þou Middle English
- þínsligr Old Norse
- þú Old Norse
- du Danish
- *ty Proto-Slavic
- tu Old French
- ci Esperanto
- þú Icelandic
- þúbróðir Icelandic
- þúnautur Icelandic
- تو Persian
- εσύ Greek (modern)
- ti Welsh
- du Middle Dutch
- du Old High German
- dū Old High German
- tu Latvian
- -u Ido
- tu Ido
- tú Faroese
- du Middle High German
- du Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌸𐌿 Gothic
- 𐌸𐌿𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- *þū gmw-pro
- thu Old Dutch
- thū Old Dutch
- *tū Proto-Celtic
- du Middle Low German
- tvaṃ Pali
- du Cimbrian
- *túH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *túH, *tuHám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *túH, *túH-am Proto-Indo-Iranian
- thu Old Saxon
- thū Old Saxon
- þu Old Swedish
- þū, þu Old Swedish
- *tū Proto-Italic
- thoo Scots
- tu Lithuanian
- তুমি Bengali
- do Western Frisian
- thu Old Frisian
- thū Old Frisian
- LK Middle Persian
- tu Northern Kurdish
- du Saterland Frisian
- 𑀢𑀼𑀁 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑀁 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀢𑀁 Maharastri Prakrit
- *twā Proto-Albanian
- *tū Proto-Albanian
- *tū Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *tū, *tuˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- du Mòcheno
- du Hunsrik
- to Mauritian Creole
- *ti Proto-Brythonic
- tuwe Tocharian B
- thu Old Danish
- तू Konkani
- tu Romani
- *tú Proto-Hellenic
- tù Corsican
- doe Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- tú Aragonese
- to Louisiana Creole French
- du Elfdalian
- tu Tocharian A
- ꠔꠥꠝꠤ Sylheti
- tzo Crimean Gothic
- तुइ Awadhi
- τύ grc-dor
- tu Savi
- εσύ Pontic Greek